Empire of Civil Society (A Critique of Realist International Relations Theory)

Author: Jason Rosenberg
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Features: If empire is understood as political control that extends beyond the original territory of a community in order to increase resources from the outside, then it ultimately signifies the end of the empire. On the contrary, it signifies that the exercise of state power, like the exercise of social power domestically, has two interconnected aspects: one focuses on the public political aspect of managing the state system, and the other focuses on the human political aspect of managing the state system. It signifies a new kind of empire—the rise of the empire of civil society. The persuasiveness of the arguments in this book largely owes to the criticism, encouragement, and suggestions of others. Chapter 2, titled "What's Wrong with Realism?" was published in Review of International Studies (Vol. 16, Issue 4, 1990); the content of Chapter 3 is based on the slightly revised article "Mysterious State Origins: The Structural Basis of State Interests," published in Review of International Studies (Vol. 18, Issue 2, 1992); and part of Chapter 5 was submitted to the annual conference of the Political Science Association held at Queen's University Belfast in 1992.